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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
William le Long, free burgess and merchant of London. Long William King and council....
Catalogue reference: SC 8/170/8468
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This record is about the William le Long, free burgess and merchant of London. Long William King and council.... dating from [c. 1298] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/170/8468
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1298]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- William le Long, free burgess and merchant of London.
- Name(s)
- Long, William
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- free burgess and merchant of London
- Nature of request
- Long requests remedy as he charged his ship with his wool and with merchandises and chattels of other merchants and it went towards Brabant when it was seized by Alqued on Wednesday after the feast of St Nicholas 1298 and taken to Calais against the peace. Alqued is still seised of it, and Long and his family are ruined.
- Nature of endorsement
- Let it be done just as the council is accustomed to do in these cases.
- Places mentioned
- London
- Calais, [France].
- People mentioned
- John Alqued of Calais.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to c. 1298 as it refers to the seizure of the ship on the Wednesday after the feast of St Nicholas, 1298 (10 December 1298).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9294317/
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Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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